5 Jesus Movies You Should Watch This Easter - Religion Unplugged
WEBApr 4, 2020 · As Christians prepare for Easter, here are five movies about Jesus, both in theaters and on TV, that rise above the rest: Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, the film (it’s Italian title is ) is a 1964 drama of the story of Jesus based on Saint Matthew’s account. The film starts at the Nativity and runs through the Resurrection.
La Befana: A History Of Italy’s Annual Epiphany Tradition
WEBJan 5, 2024 · The holiday — known as La Befana — is a unique blend of religion and folklore that marks the end of the Christmas season. La Befana is often referred to as the “Christmas witch,” a character who plays a key role each January in the country’s Christmas tradition. Her origins can be traced back to ancient times, a blend of pagan and ...
Ex-FLDS Women Describe Horrific Loss Of Freedom, Eventual …
WEBJun 15, 2022 · Ex-FLDS Women Describe Horrific Loss Of Freedom, Eventual Escape In ‘Keep Sweet’. The story of Warren Jeffs, president and prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, has been told countless times and ways — it’s usually just a way that emphasizes his heinous sex crimes and the cross-country chase that ...
After Falling From Grace, Televangelist Jim Bakker Is Still On The Air
WEBOct 8, 2021 · Ex-vangelical YouTuber Brenda Marie Davies Preaches Progressive Faith To Next Generation. (REVIEW) Disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker has been broadcasting “The Jim Bakker Show” since 2003, nine years after his release from prison. Today, it reflects an empty shell of his former glory, featuring prophetic apocalyptic preaching.
In Mitch Albom’s New Novel ‘The Stranger in the Lifeboat,’ Faith …
WEBJan 31, 2022 · These are the questions at the core of Mitch Albom’s new novel, “The Stranger in the Lifeboat.”. After the destruction of the Galaxy, a yacht containing the world’s richest and most famous, ten survivors of varying backgrounds are stranded on a life raft in the middle of the sea. Their survival is chronicled by narrator Benji, who has ...
The Future Of American Religion: Birth Rates Show Who's Having …
WEBOct 4, 2021 · (ANALYSIS) Just last month, a team of economists from Wellesley College and the University of Maryland published a working paper that focused on a peculiar puzzle facing the United States: declining birth rates.. More particularly, the team of researchers was trying to understand why birth rates continued to fall even after the economy was recovering from the Great Recession of 2007.
Former Mars Hill Pastor Mark Driscoll Finds A Safe Space In Arizona
WEBOct 2, 2023 · SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — After the dramatic implosion of Seattle’s Mars Hill Church in 2014, its co-founder and pastor — Mark Driscoll, an unapologetically confrontational preacher who resigned when church leaders accused him of abusive leadership — decamped with his family to Arizona.. Cast into a ministerial wilderness, Driscoll quickly began hunting for new allies and opportunities.
‘Church People’ is one of the best Christian comedies ever made
WEBMar 22, 2021 · (REVIEW) Church People is not perfect — and will probably not appeal to those beyond the Christian bubble — but it is one of the best Christian comedies ever made and a promising step forward for Christian comedies and Christian films more generally. The comedy is the first feature film from director Christopher Shawn Shaw and comedian and author Thor Ramsey and centers youth pastor Guy ...
The Legacy of Harold Camping, Who Falsely Predicted the World’s …
WEBMay 21, 2021 · Harold Camping, a radio preacher from California, became known for predicting the end of the world as May 21, 2011. The then 90-year-old preacher was so convinced of his message that he invested nearly $100 million into an advertising campaign to spread the news. While his predictions were declared heretical by millions of other believers, and ...
A Brief History: How the Black Church Reformed American …
WEBJun 28, 2021 · The Black Church served as a keystone in African Americans’ lives, holding together communities fragmented by a tumultuous past. However, by centering its ministry around Jesus’ “greatest Commandment,” the Black Church also reformed the broader nation, relentlessly championing the. For a long time, slavers used the Bible to justify ...
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